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the german media is saying that chancellor merkel is standing by her defense minister. a spokesperson confirmed that. >> she has complete confidence in him. i have nothing more to add. >> on wednesday, he is due to appear before the committee to give his version of the fiasco. >> two months until election time. no sign of the opposition landing a knockout blow on angela merkel. but are the opinion polls always right? >> life is getting harder for the polls in germany does the alliance is becoming more and more blurred. >> he or she now reserves the right to switch teams without notice. >> once upon a time, german voters were wonderfully predictable. >> they knitted sweaters. blue-collar workers favorite the social democrats. they were reluctant to embrace change for the conservatives. everything was nice and orderly. >> in the past, families would vote the same way in an election but that is no longer the case. i don't know which way my children will vote. >> it is no longer possible to put germans into neat boxes. take protesters for example. it is not just young rebel
the german media is saying that chancellor merkel is standing by her defense minister. a spokesperson confirmed that. >> she has complete confidence in him. i have nothing more to add. >> on wednesday, he is due to appear before the committee to give his version of the fiasco. >> two months until election time. no sign of the opposition landing a knockout blow on angela merkel. but are the opinion polls always right? >> life is getting harder for the polls in germany...
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defense, and we had it an historic the locution by a law professor who was a defense expert on wikileaks, who talked to the judge in a candid manner about the threat to the delicate balance between national security reporting and the first amendment, if she found manning guilty of aiding the enemy. we have to remember, article 104, one of the two violations under the military code of justice, and applies to any person. it is beyond his duty as a soldier. this is really about every citizen in the united states. >> the ability to get information out, what you started doing in the trial, for people to understand how closely held the information was, you were the one providing the public with transcripts at the beginning. explain why the court was not doing this. >> this is a military court martial. it was herelieves -- filed suit iney respect to this. she felt there was no first amendment legal precedent for public access to the court documents, so what she would do , mile athese very long minute recitations of the minutes into the record and deprive us of the media operations center, so we
defense, and we had it an historic the locution by a law professor who was a defense expert on wikileaks, who talked to the judge in a candid manner about the threat to the delicate balance between national security reporting and the first amendment, if she found manning guilty of aiding the enemy. we have to remember, article 104, one of the two violations under the military code of justice, and applies to any person. it is beyond his duty as a soldier. this is really about every citizen in...
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i would refer you to the department of defense. no further comment from here. >> for the entire trial, this building said it would not comment because it was a pending case. now that it is over, you say you're still not going to comment? >> that is correct. i would refer you to the department of defense. they have been the point agency. >> these were state department cables. they were your property. >> we do not have any further comment. i know the verdict just came out. >> does that mean you are working on a comment? are you gratified? >> if we have anything more to say, i promise everybody in this room that you will have it. >> i am a little surprise that you do not have a comment considering the amount of energy and time this building expanded at assisting the prosecution. >> that is the associate press reporter matt lee questioning jen psaki. conversationur with joe in assange. your take on the government's lack of response, and your own impression of the case? >> it is interesting to see the state department doing that. they h
i would refer you to the department of defense. no further comment from here. >> for the entire trial, this building said it would not comment because it was a pending case. now that it is over, you say you're still not going to comment? >> that is correct. i would refer you to the department of defense. they have been the point agency. >> these were state department cables. they were your property. >> we do not have any further comment. i know the verdict just came out....
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the defense ministry is still controlled by mugabe's party. military officials deny allegations a plan -- a vote rigging, saying the constitution outlines a new role. >> the president is the commander in chief of the defense forces. therefore, all forces are under a political leader, but as head of state. i must clarify that the security sector is not the government. they are state employees. they are loyal to the state. this, primes like minister morgan tsvangirai is telling his supporters that president mugabe needs the army to stay in power. they do not want another power- sharing government, but what each man will do to make that happen is worrying people. togo's election commission says the ruling party has one last week's parliamentary elections. the president will begin his third term after his union for the republic party 162 of the 91 seats. the opposition accuses the government of mismanaging the polls. but international observers say there were no irregularities that undermine the results. pope francis has left rio de janeiro after
the defense ministry is still controlled by mugabe's party. military officials deny allegations a plan -- a vote rigging, saying the constitution outlines a new role. >> the president is the commander in chief of the defense forces. therefore, all forces are under a political leader, but as head of state. i must clarify that the security sector is not the government. they are state employees. they are loyal to the state. this, primes like minister morgan tsvangirai is telling his...
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. >> the commander-in-chief of the defense forces of zimbabwe. all forces of zimbabwe are under him. that they have their employees and they placed his loyalty to this debt. this, the prime minister is telling supporters the president needs the military to stay in power, rewarding them with land and lucrative contracts. they say they do not want another power-sharing government. what each man will do to make that happen is worrying people here. thate driver of the train crashed in spain last week has been charged with 79 counts of homicide. he appeared in court on sunday. he has been released from police custody, still faces charges. the train was carrying 218 passengers. 79 people died. spain's prime minister as well as the royal family are expected to attend a memorial service for the victims. >> it is a path trodden by christian pilgrims since the middle ages. the way of st. james, the apostle whose remains are thought to be buried here. these are the last steps on the journey that can take months. on this occasion, arriving in town in mournin
. >> the commander-in-chief of the defense forces of zimbabwe. all forces of zimbabwe are under him. that they have their employees and they placed his loyalty to this debt. this, the prime minister is telling supporters the president needs the military to stay in power, rewarding them with land and lucrative contracts. they say they do not want another power-sharing government. what each man will do to make that happen is worrying people here. thate driver of the train crashed in spain...
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in both instances, they said the police were acting in self- defense. what is your assessment of these claims, and are these killing doing anything to turn public opinion? >> the first one was by the army out cited the republican guard headquarters. they and called themselves of any responsibility. the second one was by police outside of the sit-ins. they deny any responsibility for these attacks. some morsiave been supporters firing birdshot, some video evidence of that, but by and large, these amounted to an excessive use of force by security forces. these are some of the bloodiest days we have seen in egypt. unfortunately, there has been little sympathy among large walks of the populace for this crackdown. at least those opposed to morsi before june 30, there has been a vicious media campaign painting the muslim brotherhood as a terrorist organization, using this language of a war on terror. been a lot of army were shipped, a cult personality behind him. he asked for a mandate calling upon people to go to the streets and to give a mandate to confront
in both instances, they said the police were acting in self- defense. what is your assessment of these claims, and are these killing doing anything to turn public opinion? >> the first one was by the army out cited the republican guard headquarters. they and called themselves of any responsibility. the second one was by police outside of the sit-ins. they deny any responsibility for these attacks. some morsiave been supporters firing birdshot, some video evidence of that, but by and...
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>> the interim prime minister is probably going to try and justify why there was a call from the defense chief on wednesday for people to turn out because there's been a lot of discussion about the language and the reasons. a, why was he saying that if people turn out in large numbers that will give the authorities a mandate to tackle violence and terrorism what exactly did he mean by that? there have been a lot of violent incidents and some of them have been around marches in cairo and other cities but also violence incidents in the north of sinai with attacks on police targets and civilians. but not everyone's clear that there should be a link made between those two phenomenon. also, people are wondering exactly what -- why he called people out and why it was him that made the first step. i think all of the other politicians around this roadmap for egypt now, the interim authorities are keen to say it's in everyone's interest that the other side of the story is told. and i think that we're already hearing that now at a press conference by one of the groups who actually were instrumenta
>> the interim prime minister is probably going to try and justify why there was a call from the defense chief on wednesday for people to turn out because there's been a lot of discussion about the language and the reasons. a, why was he saying that if people turn out in large numbers that will give the authorities a mandate to tackle violence and terrorism what exactly did he mean by that? there have been a lot of violent incidents and some of them have been around marches in cairo and...
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defense secretary they say that manning is not a traitor and had the vast interests of his contrary at heart lawmakers also expressed their concern over the u.s. war on whistleblowers saying it undermines democracy on both sides of the atlantic manning has suffered too much the letter says in spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement and the macit is manning should be freed as soon as possible well that view is shared by plenty of americans as marina port nine a fine zob. union square has been something of a stomping ground for bradley manning supporters in new york city you see over the years many rallies have been held here in honor of the army private first class intelligence analyst now manning has been found guilty of downloading and releasing confidential u.s. documents that subsequently disclosed illegal activity and crimes on the part of washington manning faces up to one hundred thirty six years in prison instead of telling you how the public is reacting to this news we're handing our microphone directly over to the citizens gradually m
defense secretary they say that manning is not a traitor and had the vast interests of his contrary at heart lawmakers also expressed their concern over the u.s. war on whistleblowers saying it undermines democracy on both sides of the atlantic manning has suffered too much the letter says in spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement and the macit is manning should be freed as soon as possible well that view is shared by plenty of americans as marina...
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the german media is saying that chancellor merkel is standing by her defense minister. a spokesperson confirmed that. >> she has complete confidence in him. i have nothing more to add. >> on wednesday, he is due to appear before the committee to give his version of the fiasco. >> two months until election time. no sign of the opposition landing a knockout blow on angela merkel. but are the opinion polls always right? >> life is getting harder for the polls in germany does the alliance is becoming more and more blurred. >> he or she now reserves the right to switch teams without notice. >> once upon a time, german voters were wonderfully predictable. >> they knitted sweaters. blue-collar workers favorite the social democrats. they were reluctant to embrace change for the conservatives. everything was nice and orderly. >> in the past, families would vote the same way in an election but that is no longer the case. i don't know which way my children will vote. >> it is no longer possible to put germans into neat boxes. take protesters for example. it is not just young rebel
the german media is saying that chancellor merkel is standing by her defense minister. a spokesperson confirmed that. >> she has complete confidence in him. i have nothing more to add. >> on wednesday, he is due to appear before the committee to give his version of the fiasco. >> two months until election time. no sign of the opposition landing a knockout blow on angela merkel. but are the opinion polls always right? >> life is getting harder for the polls in germany...
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defense secretary to say that manning is not a traitor in this. the best interests of his country at heart what he did what he did the lawmakers have also expressed their concern over the u.s. war on whistle blowers saying undermines democracy on both sides of the atlantic manning suffered too much to go on to say in spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement the message is that manning should be free to soon as possible but we earlier talked to her in which scott says a member of the european parliament and one of the signatories to the letter sent to president obama you see here and he explained to us what was behind it. but it's not only political gesture that there's also aiming at trying to communicate to the american public as well as to the administration and to the authorities we need to check up what is the picture on what is the content of this trial and we hope that our gesture is increasing awareness whistleblowing should be in the interest of the united states of democracy as the democracy in ot
defense secretary to say that manning is not a traitor in this. the best interests of his country at heart what he did what he did the lawmakers have also expressed their concern over the u.s. war on whistle blowers saying undermines democracy on both sides of the atlantic manning suffered too much to go on to say in spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement the message is that manning should be free to soon as possible but we earlier talked to her in...
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defense secretary they say that manning is not a traitor and had the best interests of his country at heart but lawmakers also expressed their concern over the u.s. war on whistleblowers saying it undermines democracy on both sides of the atlantic mary has suffered too much the letter says in spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement the macit is manning should be free as soon as possible well now i'm joined live for more on this by jeremy is imad a spokesperson for the paris based that is an advocacy group thank you so much for joining us here and to discuss this so many as we hear say that manning should be freed however he did plead guilty to ten of the charges so how realistic is this position that. it is only realistic position because what is happening to bradley manning and realistic he has been telling the truth is he is being courageous to expose crimes and lies and he's the one going in prison right no so the only realistic option is that bradley manning will go free the question is when will it be president obama we have to to wait s
defense secretary they say that manning is not a traitor and had the best interests of his country at heart but lawmakers also expressed their concern over the u.s. war on whistleblowers saying it undermines democracy on both sides of the atlantic mary has suffered too much the letter says in spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement the macit is manning should be free as soon as possible well now i'm joined live for more on this by jeremy is imad a...
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starting wednesday the court case will enter its sentencing phase and the government and defense are expected to call upwards of forty witnesses total in order to testify to the merit and intent and motive of private manning now during the last two months of testimony we've heard all sorts of stories about how private manning acted in an off of the battlefield what kind of experience he had as an army intelligence analyst however not all of those testimonies will be heard by members of the public or the press in fact or more than a dozen of the testimonies that will be entered in the court will be done so under seal those are all classified witnesses whose testimonies could harm national security if they were released earlier this year we heard from manning himself how he did it and why he did it he admitted guilt in releasing more than two hundred fifty thousand state department diplomatic cables guantanamo bay detainee assessment briefs iraq war logs afghan war logs and a number of other classified materials according to private manning himself when he went to the web site wiki lea
starting wednesday the court case will enter its sentencing phase and the government and defense are expected to call upwards of forty witnesses total in order to testify to the merit and intent and motive of private manning now during the last two months of testimony we've heard all sorts of stories about how private manning acted in an off of the battlefield what kind of experience he had as an army intelligence analyst however not all of those testimonies will be heard by members of the...
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defense. there are no easy issues. we're trying to do the best we can to ensure that we have the most ready military possible. >> i know congress is interested in it sense the national defense will be reviewing those finding. ron right here and then kate. >> just following up on the comments around korea and the lessoned learns. there's been a lot of study the around healthcare expenses and things of that nature. how do you think about balancing that with structure anded and -- modernization. are there problems you can't touch them and that important. >> one thing i didn't talk about. the other thing we look at is modernization and compensation. the issue we have is, we have to have the right package of compensation that allows us to continue to move forward with an all volunteer force. the issue we have is the rate of compensation is growing too quickly. it's not necessarily -- we don't have to necessarily end some of our compensation benefits but we have to reduce the growth. we have to get
defense. there are no easy issues. we're trying to do the best we can to ensure that we have the most ready military possible. >> i know congress is interested in it sense the national defense will be reviewing those finding. ron right here and then kate. >> just following up on the comments around korea and the lessoned learns. there's been a lot of study the around healthcare expenses and things of that nature. how do you think about balancing that with structure anded and --...
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is from france sweden spain portugal ireland and germany sent a letter to president obama and the defense secretary they say that manning is not a traitor and that he had the best interest in both his country pardon me in mind of the lawmakers but also expressed concern over the u.s. war on the whistleblowers saying that it harms democracy both in the u.s. and in europe manning has suffered too much so as the letter by spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement their message is clear manning should be freed as soon as possible and that's also the view of some americans as artie's marina portnoy found out. union square has been something of a stomping ground for bradley manning supporters in new york city you see over the years many rallies have been held here in honor of the army private first class intelligence analyst now manning has been found guilty of downloading and releasing confidential u.s. documents that subsequently disclosed illegal activity and crimes on the part of washington manning faces up to one hundred thirty six years in prison i
is from france sweden spain portugal ireland and germany sent a letter to president obama and the defense secretary they say that manning is not a traitor and that he had the best interest in both his country pardon me in mind of the lawmakers but also expressed concern over the u.s. war on the whistleblowers saying that it harms democracy both in the u.s. and in europe manning has suffered too much so as the letter by spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary...
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he was a witness for the defense in bradley manning's trial. i am pleased to have all of them here and those coming. i will begin with phil mudd in memphis. what's your assessment of this verdict? >> i think the verdict is pretty predictable. the interesting piece of this to me is what he was not convicted of, that is aiding and abetting the enemy. when i look at this, my response having grown up in the c.i.a., if i wanted to give out information like this when i grew up in the c.i.a., it was given to the russians or the soaf bloc. you now have a third way. it's not the americans. it's not the russians. you give it to society generally and there is 100 million people out there saying you did the right thing, bradley manning. that to me is fascinating. >> rose: amy? >> i could always in some way put something in the newspaper. it's true when you publish something the whole world might see it, but that's why there are laws against releasing classified information, and that's why he was convicted of a lot of them. this particular charge, aiding th
he was a witness for the defense in bradley manning's trial. i am pleased to have all of them here and those coming. i will begin with phil mudd in memphis. what's your assessment of this verdict? >> i think the verdict is pretty predictable. the interesting piece of this to me is what he was not convicted of, that is aiding and abetting the enemy. when i look at this, my response having grown up in the c.i.a., if i wanted to give out information like this when i grew up in the c.i.a., it...
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his defense secretary robert mcnamara prevailed upon him to do so. the vietnam war escalated from a u.s. south vietnam advisory role to a peak of 534,000 combat forests in the field supporting -- forces in the field supporting south vietnam. robert mcnamara in his 1995 memoir described the war as a terrible error. as for lbj the war crushed him physically and emotionally. he resolved his dilemma by declining to run for reelection. as for the mood in the country, it was reflected in the words of lieutenant john kerry who served two tours in vietnam, if 1966 to 19-- 1966 to 1970. lieutenant kerry was awarded a silver star, bronze star and three purple hearts. here's a piece of his testimony on behalf of vietnam veterans against the war. >> how do you ask a man to be the last man to die in vietnam? how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake? >> question, president obama escalated the u.s. troop presence in afghanistan and he's now poised to give u.s. military aid to syria's rebels. so has commander in chief obama absorbed the lessons o
his defense secretary robert mcnamara prevailed upon him to do so. the vietnam war escalated from a u.s. south vietnam advisory role to a peak of 534,000 combat forests in the field supporting -- forces in the field supporting south vietnam. robert mcnamara in his 1995 memoir described the war as a terrible error. as for lbj the war crushed him physically and emotionally. he resolved his dilemma by declining to run for reelection. as for the mood in the country, it was reflected in the words of...
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i know congress is interested in the national defense panel. it remains to be seen what will happen. >> ron epstein - following up on the comments around korea and the lessons learned there have been studies and discussion on bought hollowing out of the defense budget around health care defenses and things of that nature. how do think about balancing that against structure and modernization3. are their programs that you cannot touch that are that important? how'd you like about that going forward? >> the one thing i did not talk about -- the other thing we look it remains toat is a readiness modernization. to issue we have is we have have the right package of compensation that allows us to continue to move forward with an all-volunteer force. the issue we have had is the rate of compensation is growing too quickly. -- we don't have to end yourly compensation benefits but we have to reduce the growth and get it back in line with what is reasonable. if we continue along the way we are going now, we believe by 2023, 80% ever budget will be on comp
i know congress is interested in the national defense panel. it remains to be seen what will happen. >> ron epstein - following up on the comments around korea and the lessons learned there have been studies and discussion on bought hollowing out of the defense budget around health care defenses and things of that nature. how do think about balancing that against structure and modernization3. are their programs that you cannot touch that are that important? how'd you like about that going...
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tonight, morsi supporters are still in the streets protesting and we had another warning from a national defense council this evening that will take firm, decisive action, it said, if the protesters overstep their rights. earlier the interior minister had suggested the forces would soon move in and break up the two opposing camps. he also announced he is reviving hosni mubarak's hated secret police, shut down after mubarak was toppled. and that's caused outrage here and another sign that authorities are not going to tolerate the protests that have led to so much bloodshed. the military was granted the right to arrest civilians. that is one step short of declaring a state of manager. but hearing from official sources that despite the warning from the minister, the military has plans to suspend. very briefly, kathryn is expected to arrive tonight. what is she going to be doing there in egypt? >> she was here just a couple of weeks oak trying to broker some sort of negotiations. she's back to push that and stress to union's position, that is, that egypt should move but a peaceful transition period
tonight, morsi supporters are still in the streets protesting and we had another warning from a national defense council this evening that will take firm, decisive action, it said, if the protesters overstep their rights. earlier the interior minister had suggested the forces would soon move in and break up the two opposing camps. he also announced he is reviving hosni mubarak's hated secret police, shut down after mubarak was toppled. and that's caused outrage here and another sign that...
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of course defense programs saying that these programs are authorized to collect in bulk certain dialing routing addressing and signaling information about telephone calls an electronic communications such as telephone numbers or e-mail addresses but the fact that the government has to respond to the to these concerns is already a win for edward snowden. well the latest league former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden is still of course stuck at a moscow airport in a transit zone there where he's still waiting for his request for political asylum in russia to be processed his father says the f.b.i. has tried to persuade him to fly here to moscow to make his son go back to the united states but talking to russian television earlier long snowden says that if he was in his son shoes he would not return back home your family as well and we love you we hope you are healthy we hope you're well i hope to see you soon but most of all i want you to be safe i would also like to thank president vladimir putin the russian government for the what i believe the courage and the strength and conviction to
of course defense programs saying that these programs are authorized to collect in bulk certain dialing routing addressing and signaling information about telephone calls an electronic communications such as telephone numbers or e-mail addresses but the fact that the government has to respond to the to these concerns is already a win for edward snowden. well the latest league former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden is still of course stuck at a moscow airport in a transit zone there where he's...
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germany arland croatia portugal sweden and spain have written an open letter to president obama and defense secretary chuck hagel now it says manning is not a traitor he has the best interests of his country in mind now his action is praised as courageous and an inspiration to other whistleblowers like edward snowden for example who had exposed the n.s.a.'s sweeping global surveillance program the e.u. representatives also expressed concern over the u.s. war on whistleblowers saying it harms democracy in both america and europe they're urging a stop to the persecution of bradley manning claiming that he has suffered too much spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement the message is manning should be freed as soon as possible and also turns out that this is how many americans feel as well more now from our thousands more in a park near. union square has been something of a stomping ground for bradley manning supporters in new york city you see over the years many rallies have been held here in honor of the army private first class intelligence analysts
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huge liability go ahead charlie you go ahead let's finish your point remember israel has legitimate defense of needs against people on their border but you know one thing the united states isn't doing i don't think or we could do better is to leverage the aid we're giving to countries especially to egypt where we were we say you know we try and move countries towards a democratic model where you're saying that amount when it's real it's well darling would you like to leverage it to with israel in its treatment of the how much money insisting that well considering that israel is of a free and functioning democracy i'm not sure we're quite worried you're pushing the human rights agenda and what about twenty percent of the population are second class citizens. well know that they're not actually yes they are israeli citizens have full rights in that area and the palestinians are an undefined quantity but that's getting them out to a peace treaty talks we'll see what happens with mr kerry i think he's on to a folly unfortunately but we'll see what have we agree on that will you agree on one poi
huge liability go ahead charlie you go ahead let's finish your point remember israel has legitimate defense of needs against people on their border but you know one thing the united states isn't doing i don't think or we could do better is to leverage the aid we're giving to countries especially to egypt where we were we say you know we try and move countries towards a democratic model where you're saying that amount when it's real it's well darling would you like to leverage it to with israel...
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the mob trial of "whitey" bulger, and the case moves to the defense now. lawyers for the accused mob boss said, yes, he ran a criminal enterprise for decades. still they say he did not take part in any of the 19 murders with which he is charged. for now we do not know whether "whitey" bulger himself will take the stan. the prosecution called 63 witnesses, many of whom painted a colorful picture of life in bulger's gang in south boston. this month, one associate testified that "whitey" bulger wore a wig and fake mustache to a double murder in 1982, driving a car that could spit smoke or an oil slick to help him get away. a map on the prosecution's witness list turned up dead on the side of a road. the lawyer for his ex-wife says his family believes his death is not related toothily the trial but that it is not confirmed, and witnesses claim that white bulger sent tips to the fbi, and a foreigner supervisor denied he was ever an informant. there's a chance now bulger could testify. what's the thinking? >> there's a chance. it would be highly unusual for a de
the mob trial of "whitey" bulger, and the case moves to the defense now. lawyers for the accused mob boss said, yes, he ran a criminal enterprise for decades. still they say he did not take part in any of the 19 murders with which he is charged. for now we do not know whether "whitey" bulger himself will take the stan. the prosecution called 63 witnesses, many of whom painted a colorful picture of life in bulger's gang in south boston. this month, one associate testified...
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>> the president has made clear, he told congress he will not sign a bill, if it fixes defense at the expense of domestic spending. the republicans are writing bills that do not have a way to solve their own problems. i do not think they can pass the bills that will result in terms of the cuts to education, to health, the to all the things that the american people care about. >> are you saying that the president would veto a bill, a resolution to the budget shut down, the budget crisis is, at the end of september that included $100 billion in new spending cuts? >> what i'm saying is that congress has to write bills that meets the challenges that that the president setsorth to saturday investing in our future, and congress cannot steal from the domestic priorities to deal with cuts across the board. it would be right to get together and have a sensible set of policies, to replace the cuts. the cuts were to drive sensible policy. they were not supposed to happen. the surprising thing is, there's people claiming credit for thing tharps designed to be bad policy and senseless across the b
>> the president has made clear, he told congress he will not sign a bill, if it fixes defense at the expense of domestic spending. the republicans are writing bills that do not have a way to solve their own problems. i do not think they can pass the bills that will result in terms of the cuts to education, to health, the to all the things that the american people care about. >> are you saying that the president would veto a bill, a resolution to the budget shut down, the budget...
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that will outline the new shape of the military for the next five years and it's not just his national defense that france's economic problems hitting home with a riff an ocean or explains the crisis is forcing talented young french people to try their luck elsewhere. the grass is not always greener on the other side even for those eurozone countries that are in dire straits even the block's biggest economies are feeling the pinch france is now officially in crisis at least in a job crisis june saw another rise in unemployment with almost fifteen thousand more people now out of work that's five hundred new jobless we say there are more than the present of the provision in the broad yes but worked for stocks forty of them but almost ten percent of the division is bought on board but for that bias that the reason behind the gloom is statistics is it's tied to short term contracts that are never renewed as cautious companies can no longer afford to keep people secretly just want to put moore's have no opportunity to develop tuxes or very high gear ocracy is terrible hiring people is a big problem
that will outline the new shape of the military for the next five years and it's not just his national defense that france's economic problems hitting home with a riff an ocean or explains the crisis is forcing talented young french people to try their luck elsewhere. the grass is not always greener on the other side even for those eurozone countries that are in dire straits even the block's biggest economies are feeling the pinch france is now officially in crisis at least in a job crisis june...
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strike defense analyst. says that if the new leader wants to rebuild the country he has to start by stopping those on meant a tux. but the current government there are two priority areas for state highlighted for their term in office one is the energy or the interview or the economic development approx one second is the security situation in the country and the security situation in the country is directly linked to the war against terrorism and the old box on this be stability in afghanistan and most importantly getting rid of the draw in pakistan's entire population which is made hostage to the drone attacks has got no recourse to any kind of response from these drone attacks and they are illegal they have no basis the fact that the united states is carrying out these operations and has been carrying out these operations under the cia it gives them no legal recourse to actually carry them out in pakistan either and according to the pakistani national domestic law or as for the international drones in effec
strike defense analyst. says that if the new leader wants to rebuild the country he has to start by stopping those on meant a tux. but the current government there are two priority areas for state highlighted for their term in office one is the energy or the interview or the economic development approx one second is the security situation in the country and the security situation in the country is directly linked to the war against terrorism and the old box on this be stability in afghanistan...
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defense secretary they say that manning is not a traitor and that he had the best interests of his country at heart lawmakers also expressed their concern over the u.s. war on whistleblowers more generally saying it undermines democracy on both sides of the atlantic they say they went on to say manning has suffered too much in spending over three years behind bars already including ten months in solitary confinement the message is that manning should be free to soon as possible we earlier talk to him which showed sees a member of the european parliament one of the signatories to this letter here that was sent to president obama he explained to us what was behind sending this letter . political gesture that is also aiming at trying to communicate to the american public as well as to the administration and to the authorities we need to check up what is wrong what is the contents of this trial and we hope that our just increasing awareness whistleblowing should be interest of the united states of democracy and democracy in other states a part of the world we have to request to to rethink the
defense secretary they say that manning is not a traitor and that he had the best interests of his country at heart lawmakers also expressed their concern over the u.s. war on whistleblowers more generally saying it undermines democracy on both sides of the atlantic they say they went on to say manning has suffered too much in spending over three years behind bars already including ten months in solitary confinement the message is that manning should be free to soon as possible we earlier talk...
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tuesday that he could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of aiding the enemy and his defense meanwhile argues that manning had leaked the classified documents because he wanted to expose war crimes but when it comes to the press coverage of the case in the united states innocent until proven guilty apply or he's going to explain. guilty before trial much of the u.s. media together with the government have all but convicted bradley manning look at simple if many did what he did they ought to try him and they ought to put his ass for fight him up because he should be fun as to the fullest extent possible and what is that. you think he should be killed yes. by from prison here he jeopardized he jeopardized national security that. we broke the law the president after all the commander in chief called him guilty before he years before he was on trial that's under command influence to the judge in this trial who is a military officer in thousands of leaked documents bradley manning has exposed many aspects of u.s. foreign policy through his world logs the public has learned about w
tuesday that he could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of aiding the enemy and his defense meanwhile argues that manning had leaked the classified documents because he wanted to expose war crimes but when it comes to the press coverage of the case in the united states innocent until proven guilty apply or he's going to explain. guilty before trial much of the u.s. media together with the government have all but convicted bradley manning look at simple if many did what he did...
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there is a complete defense for whistle blowers to criminality. think about it. the people who expose the milan massac massacre, should they have been prosecuted. auschwitz, should that person have been prosecuted? >> david, i'd love to get your thoughts on this. the debate over whether or not lives have been harmed is still very a raging debate. a lot of people would argue the other side of that. >> one thing that bradley manning did was he didn't leak documents on a given one of these things, you know, that michael just went through was a major dump that had what some people depending where they sit, good leaks and bad leaks. to me, it's very troubling that he would be prosecuted under the espionage act even though he was let off on the aiding and abetting the enemy, which i thought was ridiculous, is this really espionage. if you look at the washington post, they have a great chart this morning, 20 odd different counts. michael i'm sure is familiar with all of them. only a few espionage. there were others about leaking classified information, violating regulat
there is a complete defense for whistle blowers to criminality. think about it. the people who expose the milan massac massacre, should they have been prosecuted. auschwitz, should that person have been prosecuted? >> david, i'd love to get your thoughts on this. the debate over whether or not lives have been harmed is still very a raging debate. a lot of people would argue the other side of that. >> one thing that bradley manning did was he didn't leak documents on a given one of...
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. >> reporter: i wouldn't have said either what the government said or what the defense said. as far as whether private manning is traitor, that should not be band aided back. it has a unique stigma to it. unless someone is going to prosecute him for treason he shouldn't be labeled a traitor. i think the claim he's a whistle blower is off based. he may have had what he considers good intentions but at the end of the day it's not especially to every citizen to decide whether to share the count country's crown jewels with others. >> that raises the question. barbara, i don't know you've done a lot of reporting. 750,000 pages were handed over to wikileakss and a lot of that posted on the internet. a lot of it was classifieied secret. it waunt higher classification. based on everything you've heard, how much real damage to u.s. national security was done as a result of this? >> this has been the debate all along and continues to be the debate in the snowden case. how much damage? people will tell you that bradley manning leaked a lot of information but it was information intellige
. >> reporter: i wouldn't have said either what the government said or what the defense said. as far as whether private manning is traitor, that should not be band aided back. it has a unique stigma to it. unless someone is going to prosecute him for treason he shouldn't be labeled a traitor. i think the claim he's a whistle blower is off based. he may have had what he considers good intentions but at the end of the day it's not especially to every citizen to decide whether to share the...
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and this is always such a defensive argument to say it is too complicated to get access into china. you know, we are cooperating with the leading digital learning and education company worldwide, which is fully operational joint venture in china. >> rose: speak to the question of intellectual property rights in china. >> yes. >> rose: you are in business of media. >> yes. well, i think we are always challenged by issues of piracy. >> rose: right. >> but i think it came to a point somewhere two or three years ago that we -- the ip owners china and the government. >> rose: right. >> >> -- mutually came to consent unless we stop the piracy our own creativity will be hurt, so i think the last -- and we also had to raise the stake of the marketplace, so there is profit to be made by the creative industry. i think what you saw in the last few years, last two or three years, you see at least in the area of video, the piracy. >> rose: right. >> -- the impact of piracy has greatly minimized, even though you can still pick up, you know, pirated dvds on the street or whatever, but the growth o
and this is always such a defensive argument to say it is too complicated to get access into china. you know, we are cooperating with the leading digital learning and education company worldwide, which is fully operational joint venture in china. >> rose: speak to the question of intellectual property rights in china. >> yes. >> rose: you are in business of media. >> yes. well, i think we are always challenged by issues of piracy. >> rose: right. >> but i...
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entirely unfair to all kind of trial in which he's not going to be able to get any defense witnesses to testify on his behalf is going to be too terrified to testify and in which the end of the world is going to be executed because the penalties carry the death penalty and it's quite clear from pronounced inspired officials in their fear that they want to carry out the death penalty if it's imposed. now despite constant demands from the war crimes tribunal saif al islam is unlikely to ever leave his native country as we've been hearing from a former british ambassador to libya the fact is that the libyan officials were not trying to move a lot of good reasons for that. so it. could face two different sorts of issues he could face charges relating to what happened in the revolution in two thousand and eleven and that's what he would face if he would extradited to. the international criminal court but in addition to that he may well be charged with for example stealing vast amounts of money very large assets have been frozen by by the security council and by the libyan authorities i th
entirely unfair to all kind of trial in which he's not going to be able to get any defense witnesses to testify on his behalf is going to be too terrified to testify and in which the end of the world is going to be executed because the penalties carry the death penalty and it's quite clear from pronounced inspired officials in their fear that they want to carry out the death penalty if it's imposed. now despite constant demands from the war crimes tribunal saif al islam is unlikely to ever...